Posts By: Lynne Bairstow

Announcing the ‘Colorado River-Memorable Moments’-Hunter Matching campaign

Today — July 25 — is Colorado River Day, marking the 94th anniversary of the Grand River being renamed the Colorado. We’re celebrating this mighty river that we are helping to restore by launching a new awareness and fundraising campaign, with the notable support of Hunter Industries. From July 25 to October 31, Hunter Industries will generously… Read more »

Connecting Youth with Nature

a story of Sonoran Institute’s community engagement in the Colorado River Delta By: Gabriela González Olimón Mexicali, Baja California‒ I am watching kids skim their fingers on the water, sitting on the edge of what is left of this river. Restoring a fragile ecosystem is a very ambitious project; nonetheless Sonoran Institute has been working in the… Read more »

Spring in Bloom!

Raise the River is celebrating the spring renewal of the Colorado River Delta. We invite you to join in our Spring in Bloom fundraising and awareness campaign – May 25-July 25 – to help ensure that the new life that blossomed in the region this spring will survive and thrive in the future. We hope… Read more »

The Colorado River Delta Pulse Flow: 1 year later

  By: Eloise Kendy Water creeping, then pouring, then flowing into bone-dry sand until the desiccated channel transformed into a bona-fide river once again. Children splashing and kayakers paddling in a river they had never seen before—a celebration of a river reborn. These are the images I recall from a year ago, when I travelled along… Read more »

Upcoming WATERSHED Screenings

Join us at one of the upcoming screenings of the film WATERSHED, which tells the story of the threats to the Colorado River and offers solutions and hope for the future of the American West. Since Watershed’s release in 2012, it has aired on PIVOT tv, screened in 12 countries, and in over 500 community… Read more »